American Studies 09-10

Assignments, resources, and Due Dates

Read the Introduction to Ethan Frome for class on Tuesday, 3/2/2010

Research Workshop Days: 3/1, 3/5, 3/8, 3/12, 3/15, 3/16, 3/22

Research paper resources:

Native American Research Paper – Due in class on Friday March 26, 2010

Wounded Knee Chapters 18 & 19 notes

Group presentations begin – Monday, February 08, 2010

Reading groups will self assign chapter for Bury Mu Heart at Wounded Knee

Finish reading “The Black Cat” for class – Thursday, 1/7/10

“The Tell-Tale Heart” e-text packet, enotes link: http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart-text

“The Black Cat” e-text packet, enotes link: http://www.enotes.com/black-cat

Semester One Project – due Tuesday, 1/10/10

American Family Satire Piece – due Wednesday, 12/23/09

Part II of the Frontier Hero Packet – pick a mini project to present in class – due Monday, 12/14/09

Transfer your rhetorical essay into an outline format for rhetorical public speaking – due Wednesday, 11/18/09

Edit and revise your rhetorical first draft – due Tuesday 11/17/09

Write a 2-3 page rhetorical first draft – due Monday 11/16/09

Pick a rhetorical persuasive topic to use in your next writing assignment – due Friday 11/13/09

Read The Declaration of Independence and make notes about the writing style – due Thursday 11/12/09

Poor Student’s Almanac – Due at the end of class on Friday 11/6/09

Benjamin Franklin Notes from 11/2/09

Q1 Test is on Thursday, 10/29/09

Complete Q1 Review Guide by Wednesday, 10/28/09

Interpret Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard almanac for Tues 10/27/09

Define Rhetorical Vocabulary for Friday, 10/23

Open answer questions for P. Henry’s speech for Thurs. 10/22/09

Read Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia Convention and answer the multiple choice questions for Tues 10/20/09

Read “Celestial Railroad” for Thurs 10/15/09

Benjamin Franklin Interpretation Assignment

Benjamin Franklin Pseudonym notes and Poor Richard almanac

Patrick Henry’s Speech

Nathaniel Hawthorne Notes

Response to Puritans Writing Assignment – RD due 10/13/09; FD due 10/19/09

Visual DBQ on Penn’s Treaty

Essay based upon summer reading

Summer Reading Assignment, rubrics – 9/4/09

Universal Writing Rubric Information